Patents by Inventor Charles Geoffery Wade

Charles Geoffery Wade has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Frozen precipitation accumlation alert system
    Patent number: 5850619
    Abstract: A frozen precipitation accumulation alert system for a target area wherein the system comprises a means and apparatus for measuring at least one meteorological indicator in at least one measurement location proximate to the target area, detecting meteorological structure using radar data from a weather radar over a region that includes the target area, and determining a precipitation accumulation forecast based the meteorological structure and at least one meteorological indicator. The system further includes a means and apparatus for quantifying a precipitation rate of frozen precipitation over time wherein the precipitation rate is one of the meteorological indicators, and generating a view of user selected ones of the meteorological indicators, the meteorological structure, and the precipitation accumulation forecast.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
    Inventors: Roy Martin Rasmussen, Wayne Michael Adams, Jeff Alan Cole, Frank William Hage, Charles Geoffery Wade